How many players is too many for a table of PLO? (1 Viewer)

[drgg]

For Holdem 9 is generally the max amount of players that should be on a table but what about PLO? Since the game takes longer to deal, is more chaotic, and plays looser than Holdem I'm debating capping a game at 8 players rather than 9. What do you guys think?

 

[doublebooyah85]

We play 9 handed plo all the time but agree 8 is best.

And if for some reason we get 10 handed the player positioned at the button just sits out a hand.

 

[Baxit]

We're 6 players max, retired poker players chilling with easy IRL cash game. Mostly: Stud for 2-3, OFC for 2-4, PLO for 4-5, NLHE for 5-6 + occasional guest. OFC and PLO are workhorse variants, we tend to play PLO tighter than NLHE.

 

[Taghkanic]

6-7 makes for a better game but unfortunately many hosts seem to not distinguish between PLO and NLHE and just try to imitate the full ring setups they see on teevee.

 

[Highli99]

Six makes me degen tingle. But any number of plo is better than NLHE.

 

[detroitdad]

We play dealers choice. Mostly draw, stud, and plo variants. I prefer 7 max, but will go to 8.

I love a 5 handed game! Shit can get crazy!

 

[mroadster]

I usually schedule 6-8 players for a weekly game. It’s a neighborhood game so we have some backups but most guys show up each week.

 

[Jers28]

We usually seat 8-9 players, but there’s always 1-2 that sit out when PLO is dealt. I prefer 6-7, personally.

 

[Rhodeman77]

5-6 is ideal for any poker game. Will play up to 8 though.

 

[Taghkanic]

5-6 is ideal for any poker game. Will play up to 8 though.

^^^ This. Too many games (of all variants) are played 9-10 handed.

Even have seen a NL host try to cram in 11, which is just terrible.

6-8 makes for more action, less passivity.

The only thing I’ve found with starting at 5-6 is that if you lose a couple players early due to some runbad, suddenly you’re down to 3-4.

I do like shorthanded play, and we usually get down to those smaller numbers late at night; but I aim to start at 8, 7 minimum, just to allow for some attrition over the course of the game.